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Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa »
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Source: Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa : Past Performance and the Way Forward
Volume/Issue: 2005/36
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Yongzheng Yang , and Sanjeev Gupta
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2005
ISBN: 9781451860559
Keywords: Regional Trade Arrangements, regional integration, regional trade, trade liberalization, intraregional trade, Simulation Methods, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: Forecasting and Simulation,
Regional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Africa have been ineffective in promoting trade and foreign direct investment. Relatively high external trade barriers and low resource complementarity between member countries...
CHAPTER 4. Policy Implications »
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Source: Regional Trade Arrangements in Africa
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sanjeev Gupta , and Yongzheng Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 September 2005
ISBN: 9781589064393
Keywords: Trade, Trade policy, trade liberalization, intraregional trade, regional integration, trade barriers, regional trade
The generally disappointing record of African RTAs warrants a reexamination of the underlying assumptions. Is the record disappointing because no preconditions were established to make the RTAs beneficial, d...